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Eun, Yong-Soo and Pieczara, Kamila (2012) Getting Asia right and advancing the field of IR. Political Studies Review, Volume 11 (Number 3). pp. 369-377. doi:10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00290.x ISSN 1478-9299.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00290.x
Abstract
Why, we have to ask, have putatively inadequate ‘Western’ IR theories been applied over and over again to explain and understand Asian international relations? How can we develop more satisfying explanations of the international politics of Asia? In relation to such questions, this article demonstrates how academic disciplinary socialisation entails competition and selection, which tends towards the elimination of approaches or explanations that do not fit into the socialised practice, without generating new ones. It is argued here that interweaving existing IR theories with Asia's empirical material and remoulding the theories through gathering empirical evidence on the regional reality and converting it into theoretical variables, comparable in the field of IR, should be our goal. In order to apprehend Asian international relations better and to contribute to advancing the discipline of IR, we need an accumulation of theoretical knowledge sensitive to and attentive to local difference.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International relations, Asia -- Foreign relations | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Political Studies Review | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1478-9299 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 11 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 369-377 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00290.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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